"Scottie Dewayne Wilkins, 31, of Winston County pleaded guilty to the charge of soliciting and accepting a $5,000 bribe during a hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Abdul Kallon at the Hugo L. Black U.S. Courthouse in Birmingham."

It's shocking that he solicited and accepted this bribe right in front of the judge. That takes clackers, my friends.

This is so sad. I remember asking Mr. Miree twenty years ago to go to breakfast with me after a Saturday morning run, and he said "No thanks, I'm going home to have cereal and watch cartoons with the kids". Kyser would have been one of those kids.

If this 18 year old boy, who is still legally a child in the state of Alabama, had been dating and having sex with this 15 year old, no one would have batted an eye. Now, because he has a picture of her, he's likely going to prison and will be labeled a sex offender for the rest of his life. Curious.